HB-4746, As Passed House, June 22, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 4746

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 2006 PA 110, entitled

 

"Michigan zoning enabling act,"

 

by amending section 205 (MCL 125.3205).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 205. (1) An ordinance adopted under this act A zoning

 

ordinance is subject to the electric transmission line

 

certification act, 1995 PA 30, MCL 460.561 to 460.575.

 

     (2) A county or township shall not regulate or control the

 

drilling, completion, or operation of oil or gas wells or other

 

wells drilled for oil or gas exploration purposes and shall not

 

have jurisdiction with reference to the issuance of permits for the

 

location, drilling, completion, operation, or abandonment of such

 

wells.

 

     (3) As set forth in Silva v Ada Township, 416 Mich 153, 330

 

NW2d 663 (1982), an ordinance shall not prevent the extraction, by


 

mining, of valuable natural resources from any property unless very

 

serious consequences would result from the extraction of those

 

natural resources.